Heavy traffic in Lekki as Lagos residents flout lockdown
Despite the lockdown in Lagos State to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of motorists were on Monday stranded in a gridlock on the Lekki-Epe Expressway. Footage of the gridlock, which was trending online, showed hundreds of vehicles stuck in traffic. “No isolation anymore, no quarantine in Lagos State, from Jakande Estate to…
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Coronavirus: Africa not testing ground for any vaccine – WHO
The World Health Organization chief angrily slammed recent comments made by scientists suggesting a vaccine for the new coronavirus should be tested in Africa as “racist” and a hangover from the “colonial mentality”. “Africa cannot and will not be a testing ground for any vaccine,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference,…
COVID-19: Buhari approves employment of 774, 000 Nigerians
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians on Special Public Works programme in the country to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. Ahmed disclosed this at a press conference on fiscal stimulus measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic…
COVID-19: Buhari approves withdrawal of $150m from Sovereign Wealth Fund
The President, Major-General Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), has given approval for the withdrawal of $150m from the Sovereign Wealth Fund for distribution to the three tiers of government. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this on Monday, in Abuja during a media briefing on the fiscal policy measures to…
Lockdown: I will practice what I preach, says Funke Akindele
The PUNCH had reported that the actress was arrested by the officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command, for hosting a house party that contravened the lockdown order of the government. She was taken from her residence in Amen Estate off the Lekki-Epe Expressway to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba. …
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[BREAKING] Lockdown: Police take Funke Akindele, husband to court
The Lagos State Police Command has taken Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly called JJC Skillz, to court for flouting the lockdown order in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed to The PUNCH that the actress, popularly called ‘Jenifa’, had been taken to a Chief Magistrates’ Court in…
COVID-19: NGF talking with World Bank to support states, says Fayemi
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the forum is discussing with World Bank to mobilise support for states in order to mitigate the economic and social costs of the coronavirus pandemic. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the forum’s Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque…
[BREAKING] Coronavirus: Police arrest Funke Akindele over house party
The Lagos State police command has arrested Funke Akindele for hosting a party in contravention of the government-ordered locked down, The PUNCH can confirm. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, told The PUNCH that the actress had been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba. He told The PUNCH, “Yes, we have Funke Akindele and…
COVID-19: Doctors, nurse who treated dead patient isolated in Lagos
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, says it has placed three of its health workers on isolation after having contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of LASUTH, Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. Mustafa said that two doctors and…
Coronavirus: Fear grips health workers as two Edo doctors test positive
There has been panic among medical workers at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, after two doctors tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, Sunday PUNCH can report. It was gathered that the two affected doctors worked at the facility’s Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology departments. A senior medical officer at the hospital, who spoke with one…